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triceratops ◴[] No.40214252[source]
> A safe, productive and prosperous society cannot be built by drug addicts.

Historian Niall Ferguson has argued that the British Empire was built on a collective caffeine and sugar high, from imported tea and cane sugar from its colonies and trading partners.

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1. ciabattabread ◴[] No.40214756[source]
Don't forget about tobacco and opium.
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2. triceratops ◴[] No.40214915[source]
I don't think the Brits were using the opium when empire-building.